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Biography: Cher

Born into a lower-income California family, actress/pop singer Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian) attempted to escape her poverty by entering show business as a go-go dancer at the age of 16. She met and married singer/promoter Sonny Bono, who lifted her from obscurity as half of the immensely popular singing duo Sonny and Cher. The diminutive, ebullient Bono and the tall, deadpan Cher became a top recording team (their big hit was "I Got You, Babe") and a regular guest act on the many variety shows of the period. Sonny and Cher continued their upward climb until musical tastes changed in the early '70s, whereupon they began concentrating on comedy sketches and kidding-on-the-square insults directed at one another in their own variety weekly, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, which enjoyed a successful three-year network run beginning in 1971. It was on this program that Cher, began sharpening her acting versatility in such sketch roles as brash housewife Laverne, sardonic waitress Rosa, and a whole slew of historical vamps. But Cher began to chafe at Bono's hold on her career and her private life, and the couple divorced in 1974. Both Sonny and Cher were starring on separate TV series that fall, but they also each faced poor ratings; so the pair decided to team up professionally once more in 1976 for a new Sonny & Cher Show, although Cher was now married to Gregg Allman and pregnant with their son Elijah. But the old chemistry was no longer there, and the new program was canceled in the following year. Bono eased out of show business for a successful political career, while Cher began seeking out film work. At first treated condescendingly by critics, she matured into a first-rate actress in such movies as Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) (repeating her Broadway role), Silkwood (1983), Mask (1985), Suspect (1987), and Moonstruck (1987). She was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Silkwood, received one for her role in Moonstruck, and shared a Best Actress award at Cannes for her supporting role in Mask. Something of an enigma in the show business world, Cher has managed to retain her stature as a highly respected film actress while promoting exercise videos and a line of cosmetics, in addition to recording new chart-topping songs and appearing in music videos. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide less

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The Zookeeper (2010)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone
Tags: Comedy
Length: min
Paul Blart's Kevin James stars as a lovelorn zookeeper who gets a little help from his animal buddies in order to find a mate in MGM's The Zookeeper. Click's Frank Coraci directs from a script by Jay Scherick and David Ronn. Voice acting talent for...
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Burlesque (2010)
Tags: Musical
Length: min
Christina Aguilera makes her dramatic feature-film debut with this Screen Gems musical as a burlesque dancer who finds her dreams in the big city after leaving her small-town roots far behind. Steve Antin directs from a script by Susannah Grant (Erin...
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Tea With Mussolini (1999)
Cast: Franco Zeffirelli Judi Dench Joan Plowright Maggie Smith
Tags: Comedy Drama Coming-of-Age Period Film
Length: 116min
Based in part on his autobiography, director Franco Zeffirelli's Tea With Mussolini is a drama with comic accents about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935, when, as one character puts it, "Mussolini was...
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Tina Turner: Celebrate! The Best of Tina Turner (2000)
Tags: Concerts Biography Music Vocal Music
Length: 93min
A video celebrating the incredible career of Tina Turner. The main attraction is a reprise of Turner's 60th birthday concert, featuring duets with Bryan Adams. Clips of her past performances with Cher, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, and Rod Stewart are...
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Mermaids (1990)
Cast: Christina Ricci Winona Ryder
Tags: Domestic Comedy Comedy Drama Coming-of-Age
Length: 110min
There's no point in recounting the many production problems and personal hostilities which plagued the filming of Mermaids: the end result is all that matters. Set in the 1960s, the film details the relationship between an unorthodox, unmarried...
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Moonstruck (1987)
Cast: Nicolas Cage Norman Jewison
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy Domestic Comedy
Length: 103min
When there's a full moon over Brooklyn, anything can happen, and everything happens in the neighborhood where widowed bookkeeper Loretta Castorini (Cher) lives. First, Loretta agrees to marry a man she does not love, Johnny Cammareri (Danny Aiello),...
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If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
Cast: Cher
Tags: Feminist Film Drama Social Problem Film
Length: 95min
The compilation film If These Walls Could Talk consists of three short films that each deal with the controversial issue of abortion. Although each of the stories is set in a different decade, the unifying element (aside from the subject matter) is...
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Faithful (1996)
Cast: Ryan O'Neal
Tags: Crime Crime Comedy Comedy Drama Black Comedy
Length: 88min
A hit man discovers the pros and cons of getting to know his victim in this dark comedy. Margaret (Cher) is supposed to be celebrating her 20th wedding anniversary, but she hardly feels like having a party; her marriage is in sad shape, her husband...
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Suspect (1987)
Cast: Liam Neeson Dennis Quaid Peter Yates
Tags: Mystery Courtroom Drama
Length: 101min
British filmmaker Peter Yates directs Suspect, a suspenseful courtroom drama set in Washington, D.C. After a Supreme Court justice commits suicide and a Justice Department secretary is found dead, a deaf-mute homeless veteran, Carl Wayne Anderson...
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The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Cast: Jack Nicholson Michelle Pfeiffer
Tags: Black Comedy Comedy Fantasy Fantasy Comedy
Length: 118min
The Witches of Eastwick, a memorable comedy with a dark edge, is based upon a novel by John Updike. On Thursday nights three female friends -- Alex (Cher), Sukie (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Jane (Susan Sarandon) -- meet to chug martinis, learn Chinese...
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